Anterior vertebral body tethering as a treatment for scoliosis in skeletally immature patients
A relatively new surgical procedure called Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering (AVBT) is used to treat scoliosis in patients with immature skeletons. It is a growth modulation fusionless system that Crowford and Lenke first described in 2010. We present our observations from 25 patients. Improvement...
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A relatively new surgical procedure called Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering (AVBT) is used to treat scoliosis in patients with immature skeletons. It is a growth modulation fusionless system that Crowford and Lenke first described in 2010. We present our observations from 25 patients. Improvement in the mean coronal Cobb angle, from mean 57° preoperative to mean 34° postoperative, was 40%. Additionally, we noted that the mean thoracic hypokyphosis improved from 16° to 24° on average after surgery. Complication rates were 16% and surgical revision rates were 12%. All patients who demonstrated improvement in pain, function, and self-image underwent administration of the SRS-24 questionnaire. These data, according to the literature, show that AVBT is a reliable technique that enables scoliosis correction in skeletally immature patients and maintains that correction while utilizing remaining growth potential to achieve further correction, avoiding spinal fusion, and maintaining spine mobility.
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| spelling | doaj.art-caea6ddcfca64be2b9a1251ea4d422ea2022-12-22T04:34:51ZengPAGEPress PublicationsLa Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica0391-53872420-77482022-10-0144s110.4081/pmc.2022.291Anterior vertebral body tethering as a treatment for scoliosis in skeletally immature patientsValentina Caretti0Antonio Andreacchio1Luca Colombo2Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology, “Vittore Buzzi” Children’s Hospital, MilanPediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology, “Vittore Buzzi” Children’s Hospital, MilanPediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology, “Vittore Buzzi” Children’s Hospital, Milan A relatively new surgical procedure called Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering (AVBT) is used to treat scoliosis in patients with immature skeletons. It is a growth modulation fusionless system that Crowford and Lenke first described in 2010. We present our observations from 25 patients. Improvement in the mean coronal Cobb angle, from mean 57° preoperative to mean 34° postoperative, was 40%. Additionally, we noted that the mean thoracic hypokyphosis improved from 16° to 24° on average after surgery. Complication rates were 16% and surgical revision rates were 12%. All patients who demonstrated improvement in pain, function, and self-image underwent administration of the SRS-24 questionnaire. These data, according to the literature, show that AVBT is a reliable technique that enables scoliosis correction in skeletally immature patients and maintains that correction while utilizing remaining growth potential to achieve further correction, avoiding spinal fusion, and maintaining spine mobility. https://pediatrmedchir.org/pmc/article/view/291anterior vertebral body tetheringscoliosis |
| spellingShingle | Valentina Caretti Antonio Andreacchio Luca Colombo Anterior vertebral body tethering as a treatment for scoliosis in skeletally immature patients La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica anterior vertebral body tethering scoliosis |
| title | Anterior vertebral body tethering as a treatment for scoliosis in skeletally immature patients |
| title_full | Anterior vertebral body tethering as a treatment for scoliosis in skeletally immature patients |
| title_fullStr | Anterior vertebral body tethering as a treatment for scoliosis in skeletally immature patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anterior vertebral body tethering as a treatment for scoliosis in skeletally immature patients |
| title_short | Anterior vertebral body tethering as a treatment for scoliosis in skeletally immature patients |
| title_sort | anterior vertebral body tethering as a treatment for scoliosis in skeletally immature patients |
| topic | anterior vertebral body tethering scoliosis |
| url | https://pediatrmedchir.org/pmc/article/view/291 |
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